Timor-Leste Flag

How to identify it

A red field with a yellow triangle next to the flagpole overlaid by a narrower black triangle, which carries a white five-pointed star.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The flag was first used for the 1975 independence declaration and formally restored when independence was achieved in 2002.

History of the design

The constitution defines overlapping yellow and black triangles at the flagpole and a white star within the black triangle.

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